The Sun. — London, England, 1809-12-28 00:00:00

' st:'eple of Ocari, to observe every i‘hag risk. A soon as hs saw his troops routed, he de,. precipita!ely, leaped on a hor;e r.vhich wart for him at the gate of the church, and never .pped till he c3nle to Trembleque, where he ar rived by three in the afternoon. As he passed through his disbanded troops full gallop, be only cried out, We are lost." if deficient in ability and bravery, he spewed great prudence. Had he been some mo ments later, Ile would have been taken by General Dessolles who carried the village of Ocana by as ault. The Corregidor of Madrid has published an invitation to the inhabitants, to furnish the prisoners with clothes and shoes, of which some of them haVe need, for their journey to France. passage :—" It appears th::t the English, according to their custom, have abandoned their pretendedAl firs, as was already proved by the jou►ney of Lord - Wellesley to Cadiz, while the Spanish army was destroyed at Ocana. It was added, that the English are drawing near the sea in older to regain their ships, the, sole refuge which is left them. for the pre,ent, until Spain and Portugal, joining their el forts to those of the rest of the maritime powers, shall call their real - enemy to account for so many sacrifices they have made, and re-conquer the inde pendence of the sea, that high road which the inha. bitants of the Peninsula must frequent unmolested, in order to repair to their rich and numerous settle ments in the new world." MADRID, DEC. s.—The Proclamation of General Soliguac, Governor of Burgos, has had the best effect, and all good Spaniards are highly satisfied with it. A few individuals only continue to be deaf to the voice of reason. BAVARIAN ARMY. ORDER OF THE DAY, DEC. 1, 1809. " The day before yesterday the troops of the first division took possession of the pass of Fluster- Inunz the insurgents left one piece of ordnance behind ; one! column is nvireiting a,;ainst. Nauders. The Duke del Parque flies with the greatest rapi dity, and Kellerman follows up Ins successes. It is impossible to form an idea of the alarm and con fusion which prevail in this army 6f the insurgents. A;I the Gailicians and Asturians endeavour to desert, End return home. In the battle of Alba del Tormes, the Spaniat ds had 30,000 men, whereas Gen. Keller man had; at most, only t 2,000. The General is at this moment occupied in taking measures for completely annihilating the enemy's army, which was a short time since formidable; and an expeaed reinforce ment of 10,000 men from Madrid will greatly assist him in his operations. • " The French troops who entered Vinchgau, by .Meran, have arrived at Schlanders. They keep up at present the communication with the othirtroops. TheTyruleans, who st.iffered themselves to-he mis led by foreign intimations, are separating in all quar ters, and return to their duty. Tranquility has been .restored in ail the bailiwicks, and the inhabitants readily surrender their arms. • " ERLON thiour.T, Count of the Empire." " Hcad.quarters, Inspruck, Nov. TRIESTE, Nov. 23.—Last night we were thrown into the utmost consternation, by some English ves sels, which were seen in the afternoon, standing in for this port. At eight o'clock, they began to let off a great numher of rockets, which gave the at mosphere the appearance of a continued biaie'or fire. The rockets, however, for the most 'Part' - tell into the water ; but three reached the town; and: the conequence was, that one house was set on file; though the flame; were speedily extinguished. This city having suffered so much already dur ing the.present war, it would be truly hard, should it be bUrtit by the English fire-rockets. Fire-wood has lt)ecome excessively dear, owing to the severity of the weather preventing its conveyance by sea. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 1 g......Tbe day on which we may expe& his atieity's return is not yet known to a complete certainty. It will, however, take place within a very short period. :Their Excellencies, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Grand Marshals of the Palace, Vice-Admiral Boys Van Treslong,:andl Major-Oen.Vichery, were introduced to his Imperial Majesty by the king in person. • • • • PAR'S, DEC. 16,- . --His Imperial Majesty,- after a stay of some days at Trianon, will proceed to Ram bouillet. - • . _ _ _ NAPLES, Nov. 25.—Intelligence has been re ceived here, that•after the English had occnpiedthe Is:ands of Cephalonia and littact, they attempted the conquest of C9rfu ; but the enterprize failed of succe,s. BASLE, Nov. 30.—The report that Gustavus Adol phus, the late King of Sweden, whose allowance has been fixed at 500,000 franks, is to take up his residence in Switzerland, seems to be confirmed. He is shortly expected at the fire country seat of Green, on the Mertes Lake, which has been pur chased for him. AUGSBURGH, DEC. B.—The report of the death of the celebrated Audr.•w Hofer is still afloat all the public papers repeat it, and agree in stating that it was at Passeyer, in his own house. - He perished with arms in his hands. The E ivarian and French troops have razed his house. Nothing, however, is as yet officially known. on this subject. His Majesty presented the King of Saxony, a few days betore his departure, with several pieces of tapestry, of the Gobf..litts' rnanufactire, a great number of vases and services at . porcelain. Tire .King of Wi!ternberg, attenticd by Count Darn, Intendant-Get:eral of the Imperial Household, went yesterday to visit the Imperial Tapestry- Mann faaory, We are assured, that the precept Session of the Legislative 13,,,iy will nnt terminate, as was exped ed, in the coure of this month, but that it will con tinue for several months. THE SUN. SOLENI QUIS DICER/. FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER CB, 1809. Accounts were this morning r,.ceived at the Ad miralty, that Sir RICHARD STRACHAN had arrived in the Downs with the greatest part of the fleet of transports from Walcheren. The flotilla which was in the Roompot, under the command of Captain OWEN, and that which was in the West Scheldt, under Captain MASON, • were standing out to sea when the last accounts came away; indeed some of them have arrived at Sheerness. DORDIIECET, DEC. 21. 7 -Letters from Copen hagen, ot the 3d, mention, tbat three English ships of the line, two tri4atcs, and a brig, still remain a anchor in the Great Belt, and that the vessels which lie off Rich also kept their station. Letters from , The more we consider the Message of the Presi the sane place, of the sth, mention the total loss of 1 dent of the United States, and the eircurristanc.ts a Swedish vessel on' Kullan, laden with 180 hogs heads ot sugar, and t:0,000lb. weight of coffee. of the previous Negotiation between Mr. JacKsox ta , Tire French privateer Le Furet has captured and • and Mr. Smrrn, the more we are convinced of the brought into Dunkirk the American vessel l'ainet.ieu,_ hostile disposition of the American Government to ot 320 tons, laden with linens and gin. • .._ . ,,; wards this-country, and of its disinclination to I' . e French privateer Le Pourvoyeur has carried . into Dieppe the English brig Exchange, bound from come to an amicable arrangement of the subsisting Oporto to London, with a cargo of wine, fruit, t diffetences. It will be to us a subject of deep re cottons, &c. aret it this feeling,on the part of the Americanßy a letter from Riga, of the 09th ult. it appears ' that the frost continued with great severity. The Government, should plunge the two Cotintries into I'l' , er was compicteiy blocked up with ice. The a war; but certainly if that event should take place, Lvrication of the vessels was accompanied with the fault will riot lie with Great Taritain ; she has oweh dillicuhy, so that it was thought eight or ten days more would elapse before they could reach the omitted -no efforts to restore harmony, and in some mouth of the river. instances may be said to have consulted her arai- A letter front St. Petersburgh, of the 22d ult. cable disposition rather than what was strictly due Fivs.-" On the twit, the ice in the Neva .be came sufficiently firm to admit of persons . walkio i- . . : to hereown dignity. While such has been the con on it in safety. There were seventy-three vessels duet of Great Britain, France has pursued a cour-e locked in tijo ice at Cronstadt ; sixteen of 'their) ... . diametrically opposite: she has upon all occasions were Americans." treated America with undisguised insult and some- BsYows:g, Nov. 25.—The battle of Ocana has . times with open hostility. At a very early period spreau the utmost consternation among the insur gents, and enraged -them very much against the of the Revolution, this system towards America ,ga g lisl l , becaUse they did not make any.dik orson was adopted in France; under the Dire&ory, the An in. iavour. 'rue Junta of Seville has declare - d to Lord Wellington, that it is impossible further to Americans were treated as a.. hostile nation, their sebsist the E.nglish army, which, without being of ships captured wherever they could be caught, and the least use to the common cause, CollSolueS hree their remonstrances treated with the most sovereign times the provisions required for all the Spanish contempt. It cannot be necessary to recal to the ...ran , s. Lu:d Wellington has, in consequence of tLi.: , . declaration, altered his movements, and is now recollection of our readers tee ludicrously degraded marching •to Portugal, ihstead of Alcantara. It is - situation in which the American Ministers at Paris supposed that his army will never more re-cross the were placed, at the period to which we allude,when frontiers of that country. The road of Madrid has keen cleared of the rnbtiers by whom it was . .juk,st 7 . they were not even allowed an opportunity of ven t ett, and the Mails now arrive without the Jeost, sob-!•. iug their complaints, and stating their grievances, .: - -,. ' : s.ru6tion. : !I unless they paved the way to the presence of M. U.entral Loison's division has arrived in VitiOr'l4 , ;..Q7 1 rh:)in of other corps stretches as far as Salomailea, 1 -TALLEYBAND and his master, with beaucoup (I'dir rhe army of La Mancha, the last hope of the Junta : gent. Since that period America has been treated by of Seville, has been dispersed . ; and some small France with a little, and but little, more conside corps, which have tiot even the appearance of bat talions, will hardly be able to penetrate into Por- ration, and yet she has borne it , all with ad tusfal. : mirable patience. No w and then the American tu g al. miseries to which Gerona is reduced baffles Government L_ has ventured upon a gentle remon all ilrgeriptiou ; and several insurreaions againsi t h e . Governor it-v.. rtire:t..!v taken place in that town. He . strance and a submissive complaint, in consequence is, however, supported by the Monks, and even by of the repeated indignities offered by France, and this the women, formed in regiments. Severid Officers seemed rather to have been done to keep up 'appear of ,he garrison have come over to us, and the sur ances at home, than with any hope of obtainiog render of the place is speedily expeeted. redress abroad. But with respea to Great Britain, .v..i.,-;;LD, N,..24.—The King, who set out for. the army on the tgth inst. with the Duke of Dal-,' America held a very different condua ; every real of al:,ti.l, returned this day to his capital. He brought - , face was exaggerated, every doubtful act was per --'it It .trim in his carriage part of the stand of colours' , verteti,.ad misrepresente-, nd upon every occasion w , ,-11 were taken from the enemy. ....., - .. ~_. ,_ _1- ---...:... .i.e fraleseet;rwr .WO ware threatened with war, at least with a Non-la. terconrse Mt. In the,bsrbours of America the French ships of war found a safe shelter, and were repairPd, refitted, and viaualled whenever they thought pro per, while at the same time the officers of British ships were insulted, and their men seduced and pro teeted. It would be an endless, and at present an useless task, to detail all the various instances in which the American Government have manifested an hostile disposition towards this Country ; it is sufficient to advert to the last case, the intelligence of which arrived yesterday. In discussing this question, we certainly have a right to take Mr. hex sotes statement, in opposition either to that of Mr. MADDISON or Mr. SMITH, more especially as Mr Jacasom's statement is clear and unequivocal, while that of Mr. MADDISON seems intentionally am biguous. • Even those Papers in this Country . that are most systematically favourable to America, do not venture to assert that Mr. JACKSON was not founded -in what he said ; but they want to know " what necessity there was for pressing and reiterat ing this point, until irritation was produced." ,The answer is obvious—Mr. JACKSON must either have submitted to hear his Government accused of ill faith, while, he had the means of its vindication in his hands, or have anted as he did. Mr. SMITH, in pursiaance, we presume, of his instructions, charged the British Government with a breach of faith for not adhering to the arrangement made by Mr. ERSKINE Mr c s;.sort,in reply,stat ed,t hat they knew that Mr.- ERSKINE was not authorized by his instructions to con elude such an arrangement, and that consequently the British Government could not be accused of a breach of faith for norconcurring in at: amitigeinent which was not warranted by their instructions. In support of this position, and io bider to vindicate the ho nour ofhis Country, Mr. JACKSON did venture to re mind Mr. SMITH that " the three conditions forming the substance of Mr. ERSKINE'S instructions, had been submitted by him (Mr. ERSKINE) to Mr. SMITH. This was the sum and substance of the of-, fence committed by Mr. JACKSON against the dignity of Mr. SMITH, and of the Am.-rican Executive,which led to the rupture of the'N,-gociation, and to the insult offered to the Minister. We would ask, whether this was the conduct of a Power, thing with amicable feelings, or wishing to promote a pacific air.ingement ? We would ask, whether the American Government would have aced in a similar manner to a French Negociator ? as,vare'O'f . 'at pr'e'sent, for it has been always under stood that JOSEPHINE has often come " between the dragon and his rage," and softened the ferocity of his disposition, when he was on the eve of giving way to its excesses. There is no allusion to the in tended successor to the arms of the virtuous and dis interested Corsican, who, to promote the happin►ess of France, parts with an old Wife, in order to obtain a young one; but the general surmise on .this subje6t, Points to t:e Princess of Saxony, and as her father was suddenly ordered off from Paris, it is supposed that he is gone for the purpose of subduing all the scruples which his daugh ter mightffe,el - on the occasion. It is well known► that ilttrttlifiged reason for refusing JEROME ziaPatt-rEimas,hiq.baving a living wife, and unless the splendoun'Aif the Gallic Throne, or'rather the terrors of thGallic tyrant, should have allayed her doubts; the' same Aijection will apily with equal force in the present case. There are many other points in the Exposition, and the French Journals, which call for observation, but the extreme length of them altogether, obliges us to postpone our refleCtions. We have made some further Extraets from the French and Dutch Papers to-day, relative to the affairs of Spain. The French boast of their return to Madrid, in a manner that'shews that they did not ex pea it. The news from the Tyrol is, as usual, con.- tr adiaory. We biky received some details of the proceedings against...general 'MONNET, which we are under the neeeisity.ftly.postponing till to-morrow. Yesterday, at half , past two o'clock, a Cabinet , Council was held at the Foreign Office. It is said, the dispatches received from Mr. JACKSON for Med the subject of deliberation. There were present, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Marquis WELLENLEY, Earls Of LIVERPOOL, BATHURST, and HARaowsY , Lord MULGRAVE, the CIIANCELLOP of the Ex.', CHEQUER, and Mr Secretary RID -1.R., The next advices from the liner Plate will pro' bably announce that the restrictions in , posed on Bri" tish cominerce in that settlement have been ditni- Dished equally to our advantage, and that of the ins. habitants. We have been favoured with the follow ing extract fin this important subject : " BUENOS AYRES, SEPT. 7, 1809.—We are all waiting with anxiety the result of a . prooosit on made by the Viceroy, to the Constituted Authorities, to Q.en this Port to the-English; it has beeti strongly recommended by hid', and partly determined on, but as yet not .decisively so. Last night the Junta met at the Palace, when .the Viceroy told them plainly, that the Government was four millions in debt, and that he would require for the support of his Government 360.000 dollars monthly : there for( if they could by any other ways a,,d means pal' Out ono secure - the necessary suppltc4 l well and good; if not, he must be under the neces si.y of opening the Port to the English. He has given them one week to consider of it. The old Spaniards here are to a man aoins t it ; vice versa, toe natives are as much for it ; there are Memorials both for and against it going abota for signatures. I believe the terms on which the trade will be established are these :—Shies from England will be admitted to corn , .111 pytnimt of 33-1-31 per cent. or as others say, 50; I think on the original invoices; the vessel to be consigned to Spaniard, who is to receive a commission of 6 per cent. on sales; and 4 per cent on returns. Two thirds of the returns must be made in produce, the remaining third may be in specie, on payment of the regular export duty of 9 per cent. These arty the heads, which no doubt will undergo many modifi cations. While we were writing this paragraph, we re ceived an additional proof of the marked Insitt with which th- R " nch seem , "pop every ..1v termined to treat the Americans. Our Dover Let ter says, that Mr. I'OWELL, the Secretary to the American Minister, who sailed for France oh Sun day in a Flag of Truce, has returned, the French having refused to let him land! But this insult will be passed ovet like the others : it is front England only that the American Government requires repa ration, even for unintentional injuries .ind imaginary insults. We again repeat, that we should view with regret a war between Great Brnain and America we ardently with that an amicable adjustment may take place, provided it can' be effect :d without any concessions unbecoming the dignity of Great Britain; but we confess the conduct of the American Go - vernment has very much diminished our hopes upon that subject. " Trade is very dull, and the market already over-stocked. This place will be in a short time as bad as itio." The Exposition of the French Ministers, which .we give entire to our Readers this day, is like all the preceding documents of the same kind, a pom pous declamation ; and, also, like the former pro ductions, it involves points that.inchcate the views of the Usurper. The account of the. flourishing con dition of the country, l and the progress of splendid national works, however calculated to gratify the va nity of Frenchmen, can afford them small atonement for the drain in their population, by Conscription, and the sacrifice of so many of their Countrymen in wars, Which have no -object but to iniulge the am bitiOn of their tyrant, and aggrandise his, family. The hint 1.1711ii11 is given in this Exposition respect-. ing Holland, has, we find, by accounts received this day, dated 22d-inst. been carried into execution, and the once high and mighty United States arc now na longer an Independent Nation, but a degraded and miserable province of France. The allusion to New Spain is a satisfactory proof that BtJONAPARTE feels the irresistible po'wer of the British Navy, and therefore he affeEts to be friendly to the independence of the Spanish Colonies, becauie he knows that, with this country in their favour, it is impossible for him to bring them into, subjugation. But to turn from this Exposition to the extraordinary circum stance of the separation between BuotvArArtm and his August Spouse, a separation which they both represent as a sacrifice of .their affections for the happiness of the French empire, it is certainly one of the most disgusting insults that could be offered to any people who have the least regard to morals, and what is deemid sacred among mankind; but it will, perhaps, be productive of more evils to France and its dependent States than they can be The following article is taken from a Nev York Paper of the 25th ultimo : INSURRECTION IN QUITTO. " Captain Turley, of the sc.booner Phcete, from Carthegpia, in South America, has assured, that " riot drily the - declaralion of indepentienet; of Quitto was _certain, and that the rroops were marching :friwn every quarter to suppress it, but that he himself had seen troops in readiness for proceed . ing there. Such an indifference, however, was ap parent on the part of the troops, that they seemed more induced to support the cause of their country men, than disposed to subdue them. Tins revol lut:on in the province of Quitto appears to be a spark which will extend rapidly over the whole Continent of South America, and in the present circumstances, is the only means by which that country can be rescued Crum the dominion o f Btio naparte." The Hon. Order of Freemasons, according to the old Constitution, held a Grano Lodge at the Col,vn and Anchor Tavern yesterday, being St -Julm's Day, for the election of Officers ter the ensuing year; when his Grace the Duke of ATHoL Has elected Grallk.,Nt THOMAS HARPER; Esq. D. G. M. MALC9I DILLIES, GaW. ; T. MAHopt, Esq. G. Messrs. LESLIE 3116 HARPLE, jtin. G. and D. S. The business of the Lodge closed at three o'clock, when the Members (500) separated to dine at their different Lodges, and at six o'clock the Grand Master's Lodge dined, and spent tile evening in peace, Ave, and harmony. DUBLIN, DEc. 21.----The Duke and Duchess of RicemoND •are expetied at the Castle on Tuesday next. His Grace will set off. on Thursday, on a shooting party, to Mr, FOSTER'S, at Cullen, where he intends to remain till the toth of next month, and from whence he will proceed to Tullamure Park. • The Post-boy conveying his Majesty's Mail from Cashel to Thorles, was attacked'on the• night of the 17th instant, near the cross-road leading to Geal, by three men armed with pistols, who took away the etitite Mail, containing the bye-letters hoar Clonmel, Tipperary, Waterford, Cashel, and the Cork line.